Preceptor Opportunities
What is a preceptor?
An experienced healthcare professional who provides hands-on teaching, guidance, and supervision to students in a clinical setting. Preceptors help students bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application by providing a supportive environment to develop their skills and confidence.
Why become a preceptor?
- Shape the Future of Healthcare: By mentoring students, preceptors directly influence the next generation of Physician Assistants who will care for patients across North Dakota and beyond. This is an opportunity to leave a legacy of skilled, compassionate providers who carry forward the values and standards of their mentors.
- Strengthen Your Workforce Pipeline: Many students return to the sites where they were trained. By serving as a preceptor, organizations can identify, mentor, and recruit future employees who are already familiar with their clinical environment, culture, and patient population.
- Experience Personal and Professional Fulfillment: Teaching and mentoring reinvigorates professional passion. Preceptors often report greater job satisfaction, enhanced leadership skills, and renewed purpose in their clinical work.
Other Reasons to be a Preceptor with UND's PA Program
- Academic Appointment with the SMHS as a Clinical Assistant Professor
- Access to CME through TeachingPhysician.org as supported by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
- Access to CME The American Academy of Family Physician (AAFP) allows members to report credit for teaching health professions learners, including PA students; however, a maximum of 60 AAFP prescribed credits may be reported during a three-year cycle.
- Access to the Harley French Medical Library within the SMHS
Interested in becoming a Preceptor?
Whether you're ready to start mentoring students now, or you have questions, contact our dedicated staff at 701.777.2344 or UND.med.paprogram@UND.edu.
Statement Regarding Clinical Placements
- To maintain compliance with ARC-PA accreditation standards, prospective and enrolled students are not required to provide or solicit clinical sites or preceptors. Upon acceptance into the program, students will work with the UND DPAS clinical education team for all primary care and specialty rotation placements. Students may not contact any known or prospective preceptors or attempt to establish their own clinical rotations, unless after initial contact by program faculty are directed to do so.
Liability Insurance
- Each PA student is fully covered for malpractice insurance by the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences for any clinical site with a fully executed and valid affiliation agreement